Carbureter jacket or casing.



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930,596.. Patent-.ed Aug. l10, 1909.

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IMARSHALL WILFRED HNKS, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

GABBURTER JACKET OR CVASING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

,Application med January 9, 190s. serial Nn. 295,270.

To all whom tn/Lay concern:

Be it known that I, MARSHALL lV. Haxxs, citizenof the United States, residing at Madison, in the county of Dane and State of lViscousin, have invented a certain new and useful Carbureter Jacket or-Casing; and I do y lherebyl declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art t'o 1C. which it appertains to make and use the same. j

In the equipment of modern launches and other vehicles with O'asolene' andv like engines, there is a marked growing tendency 5to install the engine in an inclosed room or compartment and tl'iereby relieve the occupants of the vehicle of annoyance from the noise, dirt and fumes derived from the operation of the engine', and obtaina comfortable and quiet running. This modern practice of inclosing the engine presents a. very serious drawback, namely, the danger of explosion from possible leakage of the gasolene or fluid from the'carbureter or like ap- 25 pliance employed to supply the mixture to the engine, which fluid leakage may accumulate to such an extent as to be readily ignited from the electrical apparatus which is frequent-ly located in theroom or compartment Very often said apparatus consists ol"2 a dynamo, spark-plugs and sometimes the batteries and induction coils, and as the leaking explosive gases drift about the ap'paratns'and engine, seri-- 'lhe object of this invention is to provide means ot' a simple and yet very effective nature, t'or preventing the possible'leakage or tlow of explosive fluid from the 'carb'u- '40 reter trom entering the room or compartment occupied Ly the engine and electric apparatus, the invention, 1n 'its preferred form,

consisting ot' an inclosing tluid-tight casing or jacket for the carburetor or the like, hav- -in'g communication with the air external of the vehicle. v

The invention in detail is forth in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Said detailed disclosure is not, however, to be regarded as a limitation, as various changes and modifications may be made in the invention without exceeding the scope ot' the concluding claims.

In the drawing-Figure l is a plan View,

55.1Jartly brokenwaway, of a gasolene or like engine launch equipped with a' carbureter trical appliances, an

jacket or casing embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of the same.

As an example of a vehicle in which my invention may be employed, I have illustrated, in the drawings, a launch l, having a room or compartment 2 in which is mounted a gasolene or like engine 3, and a carbureter or like device 4 for mixing gasolene or other hydrocarbon liquid with air in the proper proportions to deliver to the engine an explosive mixture. The carbureter or like device may be'of any .of the types well known in the art.

5 is the jacket or casing surrounding or inclosing the character or like device and which is constructed to be` fluid-tight. In

the top of the jacket or casing is a hand-l whereby pure air is supplied to the carbureter or like device. The provision of this jacket or casing and the pipe or passage 8,'

prevents any fluid leaking orflowing from the larbureter or like device from entering the room or compartment 2.

,A fuel pipe 10, through which gasolene is conveyed to the carbureter or the like from asuitab'le reservoir, not shown, asses preferably through the bottom .of the jacket or casing, the opening to receive said fuel pipe being packed. to be-tluid-tight.

l1 is a ipe connecting the carbureter or the like with-the engine, said pipe passing through a fluid-tight packed opening preferably in the top of the jacket or casing.

As -above explained, the invention provides for jacketing or. inclosing the carbureter or the like, in lainanner tol obtain, in the event of leakage, the confinement of the explosive fumes and gases entirely Within the jacket or casing where such leaking iluid is not in contact with the electrical appliances or devices necessarily carried by the vehicle. The leaking gases are thus prevented from enterin the room or com lpartment occupied b t e engine and elecv the desirable practice of inclosingthe engine andi apparatus may the term fluid-tight ployed; and' the l()4 thus be followed without danger of explosion from the described cause.

It will be understood that in the use of herein as applied to the jacket or easing 5, it.is intended to describe a easing:` so constructed as to prevent theegress therefrom of fumes or gases -incident to the use of the hydrocarbon emescape of which into the outer casing, or that which incloses the engine7 would cause danger or liability of ex* plosion, and which danger or liability it is the purpose of my invention to avoid.

elalml. The combination with a gasolene or other explosive engine, of a casing inelosing the saine, la earbnreter or like appliance located Within such casing, a jacket or easing in elosing` said carbureter, means Wherebylj 'air `and hydrocarbon ea rbtueter7 and a connection etWeen said are sup )lied to said MARSHALL WILFRED IANKS.

whereby the explosive the earbureter to the rimesses JOHN S.`MA1N, WALTER F. STERNI'IZ. 

